The last episode of the hit television sitcom”I Love Lucy” aired on this day in history, May 6, 1957.
William Asher, iconic producer, director and screenwriter, directed the episode, which was titled “The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue.”
“Lucy organizes a Revolutionary Day Celebration, including a statue dedication,” the episode’s page on IMDB notes.Â
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Typical of the antics enjoyed by viewers of “I Love Lucy,” something goes awry in the lead-up to the statue’s dedication.Â
“Lucy accidentally breaks the statue and decides to step in with stone makeup to take its place for the ceremony,” notes IMDB.Â
“I Love Lucy” ran for 181 episodes during its six-season run on CBS, says the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum.
It’s a nonprofit gallery in Jamestown, New York — Ball’s birthplace — which is dedicated to preserving the legacy of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
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Although “I Love Lucy” ended, the show’s characters would go on to appear in a spinoff, “The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show,” which was also called “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour,” notes the Emmys website.
“The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show” consisted of 13 hour-long episodes over three seasons, from 1957 to 1960, the same source indicates.
“I Love Lucy” was nominated for 20 Emmy Awards and won four. Â
Lucille Ball won for Best Actress-Continuing Performance in 1956; Vivian Vance won Best Series Supporting Actress in 1954; and the show was awarded Best Situational Comedy in both 1953 and 1954.
“I Love Lucy” was added to the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1991.
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A cultural phenomenon, “I Love Lucy” was the most-watched show in the United States for four of its seasons, notes the Emmys website.
The episode “Lucy Goes to the Hospital,” from season two,…
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